Suspender end



Patented May 30 .Md Jy G. HYDE".

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JAMES C. HYDE, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEST HAVEN BUCKLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

s'UsPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,763, dated May 30, 1882.

Application tiled April B, 1882 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES C. HYDE, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improve- 5 ment in Suspender-Ends; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, vto he a t'ull, clear, and exact description ot' the same, and which 1o said drawings constitute part ot' this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a face View; Fig. 2, a reverse view; Fig. 3, a vertical central section, enlarged; Fig. A, a transverse section on line at x of Fig.

:i5 3; Figs. 5 and 6, the two parts of ille clasp;

Figs. 7 and 8, moditlcations.

This invention relates to an improvement in thevattachment of the button-hole end to suspender-braces, particularly to that class in 2o which the button-hole is made in a piece of leather or fabric attached to the ends ot' a cord which runs through aloop or pulley on the buckle, the object being to make a metal attachment between the cord or brace and the 25 end which shall securely hold the two parts together and not be liable to give way; and the invention consists ih the construction and application of the clasp which connects the two parts, as more fully hereinat'ter described.

The button-hole or end A is of substantially usual form, cut from fabric orleather, with the button-hole B formed therein.

C is the cord to which the ends are attached, and which is connected to the buckle or other 35 part of the suspender in the usual manner.

D E are the two parts of the clasp. (See Figs. 5 and 6.) These are out from thin sheet metal, one end ot' each forming a tlat disk, a, with a central hole, b, in each. The part E 4o has its edges cut in the form of spurs d, as seen in Fig. 6. The edges of the part D are fiat. The two parts D E are arranged the one upon one side and the other upon the other sideoftheendAandatits upperend. Through the hole bin each ot' the parts and through the 45 end A an eyelet, F, is introduced and struck down, in the usual manner, to close the two parts and the end or tab together, as seen in Fig. 3. The part E ofthe clasp is struck down upon the cord, so as to drive the spurs into 5o the surface of the cord, as seen in Fig. 4. Then the part D is folded around the cord and closed onto the surface of the other part, E, as seen in Fig. 4, which binds that part E tirmly upon the cord and all the parts together, and makes 5 5 tirm connection between the end or tab A and the cord.

W'hile 1 prefer to employ an eyelet asa means -ot' securing the clasp to the tab, thetwo parts D E may be made with a spur, f, as seen in 6o Fig. S, which spurs areturued-inward through the tab, as seen in Fig. 7, and make a good connection.

While I prefer to form the spurs on thcedgcs ot' the part E, they may be otherwise formed, 65 or iudentations may be made from the outer surface inward, so as to t'orm projections upon the inside, which will be pressed into the sur face of the cord.

l do not claim broadly securing the tab upon 7o the cord of a suspender-end by means otl a metal clasp embracing the cord and attached to the tab, as such, I ani-aware, is not new.

I claim- The herein-described improvement in sns- 75 pender-ends, consisting ot' the tab A and cord C, combined with the two parts D E et' the clasp, one part attached to one side ot' the tab and the other upon the opposite side, the two parts closed upon the cord, substantially as 8o described.

JAMES C. HYDE.

Witnesses:

DONALDSON I. THOMPSON, ISRAEL A. KELsEY. 

